{{Short description|American political advisor}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Herbie Ziskend | office = [[White House Communications Director|White House Principal Deputy Communications Director]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | 1blankname = Director | 1namedata = [[Ben LaBolt]]<!--<br>(2023-present)--> | term_start = August 2024 | term_end = January 2025 | predecessor = Kristen Orthman | office1 = [[White House Communications Director|White House Deputy Communications Director]] | 1blankname1 = President | 1namedata1 = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start1 = August 2022<ref>{{Cite news | last=Pager | first=Tyler |title=White House moves staffers to finalize makeover of press operation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/25/white-house-moves-staffers-finalize-makeover-press-operation/ |access-date=22 November 2024 | work=Washington Post |date=25 August 2022}}</ref> | term_end1 = August 2024 | office2 = [[Office of the Vice President of the United States|Senior Advisor for Communications for the Vice President]] | 1blankname2 = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] | 1namedata2 = [[Kamala Harris]] | term_start2 = March 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599357-harris-brings-on-hhs-staffer-kirsten-allen-as-press-secretary/|first=Brett|last=Samuels|title=Harris brings on HHS staffer Kirsten Allen as press secretary|date=2022-03-23|website=The Hill|access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref> | term_end2 = August 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/08/25/mourning-in-america-a-year-later-00053777 |title=West Wing Playbook: Mourning in America, a year later |first1=Alex |last1=Thompson |first2=Max |last2=Tani |date=2022-08-25 |website=Politico |access-date=2022-12-27}}</ref> | predecessor2 = [[Symone Sanders-Townsend|Symone Sanders]] {{efn|As Senior Advisor & Chief Spokesperson for the Vice President}} | successor2 = Stephanie Young{{efn|As Senior Advisor for Messaging & Outreach for the Vice President}} | office3 = [[Office of the Vice President of the United States|Deputy Communications Director for the Vice President]] | 1blankname3 = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] | 1namedata3 = [[Kamala Harris]] | term_start3 = January 20, 2021 | term_end3 = March 2022 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = Rachel Palermo | education = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]), [[Harvard Kennedy School]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | successor = Kaelan Dorr (Deputy) | successor1 = Himself (Principal Deputy) }} '''Herbie Ziskend''' is an American political advisor who served as [[White House Communications Director|White House Principal Deputy Communications Director]] for President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/white-house-plans-staff-moves-aides-switch-harris-campaign-rcna166906|title=White House plans staff moves as aides switch to Harris campaign| author1=Monica Alba|access-date=2021-01-16| work=NBC News| date=August 16, 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a senior communications advisor for Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] from 2021 to 2022,<ref>{{Cite news | last=Pager | first=Tyler |title=White House moves staffers to finalize makeover of press operation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/25/white-house-moves-staffers-finalize-makeover-press-operation/ |access-date=22 November 2024 | work=Washington Post |date=25 August 2022}}</ref> and as a policy and communications advisor to Vice President [[Joe Biden]] from 2009 to 2011.
== Education == Ziskend earned a Bachelor of Arts from [[Cornell University]] and is a graduate of the [[Harvard Kennedy School of Government]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ziskend|first1=Herbie|title=America Is Not in Decline, and Startups Are an Important Reason Why: A Case Study of Albuquerque, New Mexico (Innovations Case Narrative: Village Capital and Revolution LLC, the "Rise of the Rest")|journal=Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization|year=2016|volume=11|issue=1–2|pages=80–87|doi=10.1162/inov_a_00249|s2cid=57565914|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Gerhard | last2=Woolley |first2=John T. | date=January 8, 2021 |title=Press Release - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the Office of the Vice President | website=The American Presidency Project | url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-elect-joe-biden-and-vice-president-elect-kamala-harris-announce-5 | access-date=2024-11-22}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Obama administration === Ziskend was a campaign staffer on the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign]] and later served as a policy and communications advisor to Vice President [[Joe Biden]] from 2009 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ashley |title=All the Obama 20-Somethings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02obamastaff-t.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 April 2010 |access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref>
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Ziskend, [[Eric Lesser]] and [[Arun Chaudhary]] organized a [[seder]] during the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Girsky|first1=Josh|title=After Nine Years, Cornell Alumni to Lead Last White House Seder|url=http://cornellsun.com/2016/04/28/after-9-years-cornell-alumni-to-lead-last-white-house-seder/|website=Cornell Sun|date=28 April 2016 |access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> The tradition followed the Obama administration into the White House as the official [[White House Passover Seder]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eilperin|first1=Juliet|title=Passover Seder: One last time for an Obama White House tradition |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/passover-seder-a-white-house-tradition-one-last-time-for-the-obamas/2016/04/28/bd82dace-0cbd-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref>
After leaving the White House, Ziskend worked as chief of staff to [[Arianna Huffington]] at ''[[HuffPost]]'' in New York City, and as the director of public policy and rise of rest investments at [[Revolution LLC]], an investment firm led by AOL co-founder [[Steve Case]]. Ziskend also worked as a senior vice president at [[SKDKnickerbocker]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Anna |last2=Sherman |first2=Jake |title=POLITICO Playbook: Cuomo says 'hatred exploding' after stabbing at Hanukkah gathering|url=https://politi.co/2QrIpBi|access-date=2020-11-11 |website=POLITICO |date=29 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Joe's age and experience gives him helpful perspective: Day 53 out of 100 days of Loving Joe Biden|url=https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/3/1973894/-Joe-s-age-and-experience-gives-him-helpful-perspective-Day-53-out-of-100-days-of-Loving-Joe-Biden|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Daily Kos}}</ref>
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